Lesson 24: End of the Great War
The Great War was considered to end on November 11, 1918 at 11:00am. Watch this video and read the article here: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends
An armistice is not a treaty. It is a cease-fire, meaning that war could break out again. Germany agreed to the armistice because they wanted time to rebuild and get ready for another offensive, but the Triple Entente was too quick for them. Countries began to flock to Versailles to create a treaty that would "end all wars". Watch this video about the Treaty of Versailles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDPr8KhtjXM
An idealist, President Woodrow Wilson went to Versailles with a plan to make World War I literally the war that would end all wars. He had 14 points to his plan. Read his plan here: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/wilson14.asp
The 14th point was the most important point to President Wilson. It created a League of Nations, similar to the United Nations today. It was to be a place where countries could come together and diplomatically fix their problems. As the earlier video mentioned, none of the delegates got everything they wanted out of the peace treaty, including President Wilson. Most of his 14 points had to be given up for the League of Nations to be created. Germany, however, would lose out the most. They were not even invited to the creation of the treaty and were pretty much forced to sign it, even though it completely destroyed them in size, power, and economically.
An armistice is not a treaty. It is a cease-fire, meaning that war could break out again. Germany agreed to the armistice because they wanted time to rebuild and get ready for another offensive, but the Triple Entente was too quick for them. Countries began to flock to Versailles to create a treaty that would "end all wars". Watch this video about the Treaty of Versailles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDPr8KhtjXM
An idealist, President Woodrow Wilson went to Versailles with a plan to make World War I literally the war that would end all wars. He had 14 points to his plan. Read his plan here: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/wilson14.asp
The 14th point was the most important point to President Wilson. It created a League of Nations, similar to the United Nations today. It was to be a place where countries could come together and diplomatically fix their problems. As the earlier video mentioned, none of the delegates got everything they wanted out of the peace treaty, including President Wilson. Most of his 14 points had to be given up for the League of Nations to be created. Germany, however, would lose out the most. They were not even invited to the creation of the treaty and were pretty much forced to sign it, even though it completely destroyed them in size, power, and economically.
Assignment #9
1. What are the names of the three main leaders at the creation of the Treaty of Versailles and what did each of them want out of the treaty?
2. During the creation of the Treaty of Versailles, what was happening in Germany?
3. When was the total amount of reparation payments determined for Germany?
4. Name three things the Treaty of Versailles did to Germany, other than reparation payments.
5. How many civilians died due to WWI?
6. What is the difference between an armistice and peace treaty?
7. Explain 5 of Wilson's 14 points. List the point number and then your explanation.
2. During the creation of the Treaty of Versailles, what was happening in Germany?
3. When was the total amount of reparation payments determined for Germany?
4. Name three things the Treaty of Versailles did to Germany, other than reparation payments.
5. How many civilians died due to WWI?
6. What is the difference between an armistice and peace treaty?
7. Explain 5 of Wilson's 14 points. List the point number and then your explanation.